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practice. At the same time, it provides clarity and robustness for standards
developers communities that are well-versed in these tools.

## Unclear pathways for standards success

Standards typically develop organically through sustained and persistent
efforts from dedicated groups of data practitioners. These include scientists
and the broader ecosystem of data curators and users. However, there is no
playbook on the structure and components of a data standard, or the pathway
that moves the implementation of a specific data architecture (e.g., a
particular file format) to become a data standard. As a result, data
standardization lacks formal avenues for success and recognition, for example
through dedicated research grants (and see @sec-cross-sector). This hampers the long-term trajectory that is needed in order to inculcate a standard into the
day-to-day practice of researchers.

## Cross-domain gaps

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such as HDF5 and TIFF have been adapted to cloud use (e.g., through the
cloud-optimized geoTIFF format).

## Sustainability

## Unclear pathways for standards success and sustainability

The development of open-source standards faces similar sustainability challenges to
those faced by open-source software that is developed for research. Standards
typically develop organically through sustained and persistent efforts from
dedicated groups of data practitioners. These include scientists and the
broader ecosystem of data curators and users. However, there is no playbook on
the structure and components of a data standard, or the pathway that moves the
implementation of a specific data architecture (e.g., a particular file format)
to become a data standard. As a result, data standardization lacks formal
avenues for success and recognition, for example through dedicated research
grants (and see @sec-cross-sector). This hampers the long-term trajectory that
is needed to inculcate a standard into the day-to-day practice of researchers.


## The importance of automated validation
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dissemination of knowledge to researchers in a variety of fields, but this
dissemination itself may not be enough without the fostering of specialized
expertise. Therefore, it is important to recognize the distinct role that *data
stewards* play in contemporary research. As policy demands for openess become
stewards* play in contemporary research. As policy demands for openness become
increasingly high, it is crucial to truly support experts whose role will be to
develop, maintain, and facilitate the adoption and use of open-source
standards. This support needs to manifest in all stages of the career of these
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For instance, barriers to adopting a data standard irrespective of team size
and technological capabilities should be considered. Meta-standards should
include formalization for versioning of standards and interactions with
speficic related software. Aspects of communication with potential user
specific related software. Aspects of communication with potential user
audiences (e.g., researchers in particular domains) should be taken into
account as well. For example, in the quality of onboarding documentation and
tools for ingestion or conversion into standards-compliant datasets. Relatedly,
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